Two Brick residents are indicted by an Ocean County Grand Jury charging them with one county of animal cruelty for allegedly leaving a thirteen-month old pit-bull outside of their townhouse balcony for hours in 99 degree heat.

A three month investigation into drug activity in Northern Ocean county culminated in the arrest of four people, with one remaining at large, from Lakewood and Toms River according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer.

A Thursday morning fire, that has been deemed accidental, according to the Asbury Park Press, destroyed the home of Toms River First Aid Squad Captain Alyssa Golembeski and her family, some of who are also members of the squad.

Two Ocean County residents are brought up on charges for their alleged roles in a heroin and fentanyl pill manufacturing facility in the northern part of the county that was shut down by the Prosecutors Office.